Epidural xylazine analgesia in some domesticated animals

Caudal epidural analgesia was successfully conducted in domesticated animals using xylazine hydrochloride in a dose of 0.1 -0.15 mg/kg body weight. It provided good analgesia, posterior muscle slackening and variable degree of surgical interferences and obstetrical manipulations in the posterior regions were performed under the influence of caudal epidural xylazine analgesis. Clinical manifestations were fully described and no complications were observed

Distal intravenous regional anesthesia in the Buffalo limbs

Intravenous regional anesthesia was successfully attempted on buffalo limbs by injecting 2%, 4%, 6% solution of procaine hydrochloride in each of ten healthy buffalos. The duration of anesthesia was 15 minutes, 45 minutes and beyond one hour for each of 2%, 4%, 6% solution, respectively. It was found that the 4% solution of procainehydrochloride gave adequate regional anesthesia for performing operations necessary for the treatment of the common affections of the distal parts of the limb

Sternal pad affections in camels

Affections of the sternal pads of camels are both painful and decapacitating to the animal. Sixteen camels suffering from sternal pad affections were examined and treated. Corynebacterium pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes were isolated as single isolate or in mixed infection from the lesions. Examination of the blood of affected camels showed the presence of microfilariae in five cases, while the remaining cases showed good response to the filaricidal treatment. Both surgical and therapeutic management gave highly beneficial effects as all the dealt with cases did well at a moderately short period